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From: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
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To: "Sean Cardus" <sean_cardus@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE is now available
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:30:21 -0500
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On Thursday 27 June 2002 07:51 am, Sean Cardus wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Cardus [mailto:sean_cardus@hotmail.com] 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE supports the i386 and alpha 
> > architectures and can
> > > be installed directly over the net using the boot floppies or copied
> > > to a local NFS/FTP server.  Distributions for the i386 are available
> > > now.  Final builds for the alpha architecture are in 
> > progress and will
> > > be made available shortly.
> > 
> > I've noticed the alpha ISO's have appeared on 
> > ftp.freebsd.org, but I've
> > not seen any official announcement 
> > regarding the actual alpha release.
> > Are the ISO images that are currently available the final 4.6-RELEASE
> > build?...
> 
> Anyone?...  :)

I don't belive there will be an alpha announcement - there never has been 
before.  If they said final alpha builds were in progress on June 15, and 
there are ISOs dated June 18, one must assume those are the final ISOs.  
Release candidates are not put in release directories.

-David

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